September 2008
9 posts
The Oregonian's "Advertisement"
I have a post this morning at BlueOregon.com about The Oregonian’s decision to insert an anti-Islamic propaganda DVD in every copy of its Sunday paper. Head over to to the site to check it out.
Speaking Of Health Care...
With all the economic turmoil, you may have missed this study of Senator John McCain’s health care plan released last week by scholars at Columbia, Harvard, Purdue, and Michigan. Here’s a key excerpt from the study (published in the Health Affairs Journal):
The McCain plan will force millions of Americans into the weakest segment of the private insurance system — the nongroup market...
“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition,...”
– Senator John McCain showing his understanding of the economy and our health care system with these prescient words in the Sept/Oct ‘08 issue of Contingencies.
GOP Gets No Love From Musicians →
“If an artist says ‘Please stop’ and you keep using their song, it looks arrogant and unseemly, which is not what the Republican Party needs right now,” said Robert J. Thompson, a pop culture expert and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University. Read full Story.
Why the media should apologize by Roger Simon →
From Roger Simon: “On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry.”
Sarah Palin wanted the media to report on her teenage son, Track, who enlisted in the Army on Sept. 11, 2007, and soon will deploy to Iraq. Sarah Palin did not want the media to report on her teenage daughter, Bristol, who is pregnant and unmarried.
Sarah Palin thinks that one is good for her campaign and...